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Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:20 -0500
Elsa jitters
As Elsa, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2021, moves into the eastern Caribbean, Jamaica has been placed on a hurricane and tropical storm warning. Ronald Jarrett, 70, has lived along Wickie Wackie Beach in Bull Bay, St Andrew, since 1995. “I......

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:39 -0500
PM: Assess and relocate if necessary before hurricane
WESTERN BUREAU: With the effects of Hurricane Elsa projected to impact Jamaica over the weekend, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to assess the safety of their building sites and, if necessary, to relocate before any storm arrives.....

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:06 -0500
Murders rock Rum Lane
Two days after Prime Minister Andrew Holness publicly denounced the violence plaguing Central Kingston and threatened a State of Public Emergency, if so advised, five people were shot, two fatally yesterday on Rum Lane. The dead men have since...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:45 -0500
JPS activates emergency operations ahead of Elsa
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it is activating its emergency operations to facilitate a timely response to any damage to its power delivery infrastructure as Hurricane Elsa approaches the island. Winsome Callum, director of corporate...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:12 -0500
Fear grips residents after Weise Road killing
Weise Road residents in Bull Bay, St Andrew, say they will remember 50-year-old Ricardo “Ted” James playing marbles with children hours before he met his demise Thursday at the hands of gunmen. This was the type of camaraderie they had grown......

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:33 -0500
St James prepares for hurricane
WESTERN BUREAU: Some 63 shelters have been activated across the parish of St James as the region prepares for the likely impact of Hurricane Elsa on Jamaica. The shelters are among the partial activation of the Emergency Operation Centre, triggered....

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:09:50 -0500
Residents living in low-lying areas warned to evacuate
The St Catherine Disaster Management and Preparedness Committee says it is fully prepared to mitigate any fallout from Hurricane Elsa. Chairman of the committee Roogae Kirkew says the operational centre from which all responses will be generated...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:08:36 -0500
St Mary residents urged to be alert as hurricane approaches
Annotto Bay, St. Mary: Describing the Annotto Bay area in St Mary as vulnerable to flooding and other disasters, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is warning residents to be on the alert and to brace for unfavourable weather conditions,...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:07:43 -0500
Desperate mother seeks help for son with chronic eczema
Olivia Daley, mother of 10-year-old Dayquan Drummond, is overwhelmed as she tries to deal with the issues associated with eczema affecting her son. Breaking down in tears, she told The Gleaner that she is struggling to handle the pressure that has.....

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:08:25 -0500
Young portrait artist fights to improve eyesight
Ajalon Cole has taken on the task of sourcing the funds needed to pay for his glasses by selling portraits. The 15-year-old has been squinting for years and his parents only recently found out the extent to which his eyesight has been fading. His......

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:13:05 -0500
DOCS WELL AGAIN
WESTERN BUREAU: The Holness administration appeared to have bought time after a daylong sickout and gruelling late-night talks over a contracts dispute that threatened to make more than 140 junior doctors jobless. The healthcare system ground to a.....

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:12:50 -0500
Weed hurdle threatens Sha’Carri Olympic run
American track and field officials are hoping to have star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson available for the 4x100m at this month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo after she was slapped with a one-month suspension for testing positive for cannabis at the.....

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:12:54 -0500
Heaven’s, FESCO face fire lawsuit
A Manchester tiler who was among 11 persons injured in the deadly explosion at the Heaven’s FESCO service station in Mandeville, Manchester, in February 2020, is suing the operators and parent company Future Energy Source Company (FESCO) for...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:11:51 -0500
Criminal Records backlog
A surge in call-centre and farm-work job submissions and COVID-19 crowd-control measures have slowed the processing of applications at the police Criminal Records Office, forcing hundreds of persons to wait days and weeks for quick-service delivery....

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:12:36 -0500
JPS wants special court for electricity thieves
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has called for the Government to establish a special utility court to prosecute electricity thieves. Senior company officials have argued that no loss-reduction programme would be effective and sustainable......

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:12:29 -0500
Hospitals buckle as doctors lose patience
Clarendon: Six-month contracts unconscionable, says physician Olivia Brown/Gleaner Writer Operations at hospitals in Clarendon were disrupted on Thursday as 26 medical doctors who were scheduled for duty called in sick. Eugena Clarke-James,......

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:12:01 -0500
Jamaicans warned to brace for coming storm
Jamaicans have been warned to brace for wet weather this weekend as Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to move across the Caribbean, threatening to produce up to six inches of rainfall, flash flooding, and mudslides. The National Hurricane Center...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:11:57 -0500
Businessman fined for 100lb ganja find
A businessman who was found guilty of trafficking 100lb of ganja after he was chased by police and found with the drug in his car trunk seven years ago was today fined $343,000 in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The 52-year-old convict,...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:10:44 -0500
Summer school a waste of time – JTA
WESTERN BUREAU: Seventeen thousand students and 3,000 teachers have signed up for the national summer school programme amid a dispute over its value. Sixty-year-old vendor Hyacinth Miller believes that her nieces and nephews in Trelawny will...

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:49:39 -0500
Health officials, doctors meeting amid sickout
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tuft on and his senior executives are now meeting with the representatives of the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association to discuss today's sickout by junior doctors in the public health system....



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